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VirusTotal Scan
Scan URL with VirusTotal
What is VirusTotal Scan?
"VirusTotal Scan" is a Firefox Add-on that provides an easy and effective way to safeguard your online experience. The add-on allows users to scan any given URL using multiple virus scanners, a service facilitated by VirusTotal. Just right click on the URL, choose VirusTotal Scan, and get the results displayed in a new window or a new tab, per your preferences. It also has features to display notifications for progress tracking or error reporting. People can contribute, report bugs or suggest improvements via its GitHub page.
Stats
Users:
1,517
Rating:
4.53
(17)
Creation date:
2018-11-02
Weekly download count:
51
Firefox on Android:
No
Risk impact:
Low risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Low risk likelihood
Manifest version:
2
Permissions:
- contextMenus
- notifications
- storage
- https://www.virustotal.com/*
Size:
17.78K
Email:
vt*****@gmx.de
URLs:
Website
Stats date:
Chrome-Stats Rank
#
2477
▲ 3
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Summary
This add-on allows to scan a given URL with multiple virus scanners. VirusTotal provides this service. See https://www.virustotal.com/. Right click on the URL. Select VirusTotal Scan. Observe the scan results. By default the scan results are displayed in a new window. A new tab display configuration option is available.
This add-on requests the following permissions.
- Access your data for virustotal.com in order to perform the scan.
- Display notifications to you in order to display progress or errors.
Contributions such as localizations are welcome as pull requests. https://github.com/2000me/vtscan/pulls.
User reviews
User reviews summary
These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews.
Firefox Browser Add-ons does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate,
spammy, or outdated.
Pros
- Very easy and simple to use
- Faster than manually entering the URL on VirusTotal site
- Efficient antivirus capability
Cons
- Issues with scan being queued and asking to rescan later
- Stopped working after a few initial uses
- Reinstalling the add-on does not resolve the issue
Most mentioned
- Scan still queued and stopped polling
- Problems with consistent functionality over time
- Ease of use when the add-on does work
Recent reviews
Doesn't work "Scan still queued. Stopped polling. Please rescan later."
by
Hugo, 2024-01-23
Safety
Risk impact
VirusTotal Scan is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.
Risk likelihood
VirusTotal Scan has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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